Chapter 14

"It's h-huge!" Adira stuttered, looking at the wall they were nearing. She stared at it with awe, looking up and down, obviously not having seen anything as big as that before for she had never set eyes on the colossal titan. "It's, like, as tall as a million me!"

The Survey Corps, plus Adira, neared the gate and it opened, showing a road with the sides crowded with people which she wondered were the civilians–the normal people, not soldiers. When Eren and friends explained their system, all she thought was that it was different from hers. In her homeland everyone knew how to fend off titans in case such a time should come. They were all prepared, but they all perished. When she heard this she thought, If the titans come and break their wall again, everyone will die. Though that was being harsh, so she generously excluded some people.

"They returned with more people than usual!"

"Hey, I don't think that girl is part of the Survey Corps..."

"I've never seen her before!"

"She's not even wearing a uniform..."

"Impossible–where did she come from?"

"Did she escape the walls and got found out?"

"Whoever she is, I think she owns those five dogs!"

"T-Therey'…huge…"

"They brought in another monster!"

"It's not on a leash, so why isn't it attacking?"

"Maybe the girl orders them and they're waiting for an order!"

Everyone noticed people started noticing Adira and the three meter dogs. Then some guy with the same uniform as the Survey Corps, though a different crest, came up to Erwin and said, "Commander Erwin, what are these?!" His crest were two roses entwining with each other.

"A couple of overgrown dogs. I'm sure any dog trainer would have no problem," Erwin answered, giving him a smile of 'you know I'm right'.

"Plus, it's trained. It won't kill... Of course, unless you have any word to its master..."

He motioned his head to the girl and the man looked at her with fear and uncertainty. Adira gave him a friendly tongues-out saying 'don't mess with me', though it looked nice enough to make her look like a small child giving an empty threat–which it really wasn't. The man gulped and backed away. He gave a signal and Adira finally noticed the soldiers with the same uniform as the man on the rooftops.

Smart guy, she thought, thinking of every chance she had to attack with no one having a chance. She could catch all of them off guard. And she never told anyone about her dogs being different from regular, besides size. No, she never told them about their iron skin that protected them from injury... They only had one Achilles heel–including the puppies, if she wasn't mistaken... Plus, they wouldn't even stand much of a chance since they were smaller and the dogs were smart enough to try avoid heading up. Which meant it was next to impossible to try aiming for their vulnerable part...

"Um... Adira...? What are you thinking about?" Jean asked her, feeling nervous.

He knew what she was thinking and he did not like that thought. Sure, he went out to kill titans and could possibly die any time, but he did not want to be dog treat. And he bet neither did the rest of the Survey Corps, or the civilians. He doubted the other soldiers even stood a 50% chance since it was all showing in Adira's look.

She looked at him and said, "I'm hungry." Which was half true and half not. She was hungry, but she only realized that when he'd called out.

"... What is this?" Adira asked, giving a look to the Survey Corps. They were at their base and were going to eat dinner. They gave her a dish which she'd never seen in her life which they did not know. "Are you trying to poison me or something?"

Commander Erwin laughed a bit and moved towards her. He stopped, and said, "Sorry, we never knew you haven't eaten food like this. And we wouldn't poison you–you know where the base is and we doubt your hounds would stay still once they find you dead. Maybe you know how to cook some of your own homeland dishes?"

She didn't answer, and Levi sighed. "Let me guess: you don't know how to cook, do you?"

Adira gave them a peace sign and rubbed the back of her head. "Um... No, I don't know how to cook." Everyone sweat dropped. "But..." She had an evil eye. "Let's make a deal. If anyone can try making food that I had in my old home, I'll trade with you some information you want to know. Only one though."

The Survey Corps exchanged glances and looked back at the smirking girl. They nodded.

"Just so you know, I'm not giving any clues."

"I can't think of anything," Armin sighed.

He looked at the other soldiers of his group and waited to see if they could think of anything he could not. But, a) he was one of the smartest and the one who had common sense and, b) they never really got a chance to find anything much when they went to her home. This was harder than they thought it would be.

"There are animals at the beach we've never seen before, right? Use your brain," Levi ordered, obviously frustrated by Adira's little deal with the Survey Corps. Armin was silent for a while, obviously thinking of anything that he could recall.

"I know some, but...it's impossible to tell if it's edible or not... Maybe going over there would be more helpful, for more inspection! Squad Leader Hanji accidentally killed some because of lack of water..."

"I still can't get over Gary, Star and Justin!" Hanji yelled, near to tears. She'd named the sea creatures like what she did with the titans. Gary was a crawling animal with a red hard shell and claws. It pinched Eren, causing him to despise Gary and some of the rest being afraid of it. Mikasa captured it. Star was a star shaped sea creature. The first time Connie had nearly stepped on it, he'd screamed for one whole minute, catching every one's attention. And Justin was similar to Gary, but longer and with a tail. Eren made sure he was far, far away from it's pinchers. They tried capturing it for ten minutes, then Christa caught it by trapping it in a box

Erwin stood up and said, "Well, I guess we could go back there in a month. Corporal, is it okay for you to wait that long?"

"You're the boss, Commander."

He shrugged, though everyone knew he wasn't exactly the most patient of people. That was the reason why Erwin asked him–like testing his temper. If best friends could pick on each other, why can't best friends who are extremely important people who have a reputation and are well-known?

A/N: I do not own this story; it rightfully belongs to I'm Pregnant Onii Cchan from Quotev

Just so you know, the animals were a crab, a seastar and a lobster.